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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450970603321

Autore

Nye Joseph S.

Titolo

Power in the global information age : from realism to globalization / / Joseph S. Nye, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

0-203-60276-5

1-135-99654-7

0-203-50729-0

1-280-02612-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Disciplina

327.1/01

Soggetti

Globalization

International relations

International relations - Moral and ethical aspects

Power (Social sciences)

Electronic books.

United States Foreign relations 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Transferred to digital printing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Hard and soft power; The power and limits of realism; Old wars and future wars: causation and prevention 1988; Neorealism and neoliberalism 1988; Conflicts after the Cold War 1995; America's hard and soft power; The changing nature of world power 1990; Soft power 1990; The information revolution and American soft power 2002; The new Rome meets the new barbarians 2002; Ideas and morality; Nationalism, statesmen, and the size of African states 1975; The ethics of foreign policy 1985; NPT: the logic of inequality 1985

Interdependence, globalization, and governanceIndependence and interdependence 1976; Transgovernmental relations and international organizations WITH; Globalization: what's new? what's not? (and so what?) WITH; Globalization's democratic deficit: how to make international institutions more accountable 2001; Terrorism 2003; Praxis and theory; Essay on career choice; Index



Sommario/riassunto

One of the most brilliant and influential international relations scholars of his generation, Joseph S. Nye Jr. is one of the few academics to have served at the very highest levels of US government. This volume collects together many of his key writings for the first time as well as new material, and an important concluding essay which examines the relevance of international relations in practical policymaking.This book addresses:* America's post-Cold War role in international affairs* the ethics of foreign policy* the information revolution* terrorism.